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10.00" x 7.00"
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2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
15.50" x 12.50"
Chicago, Union Stock Yard, 1878 Framed Print
by Science Source
$118.00
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Chicago, Union Stock Yard, 1878 framed print by Science Source. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
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Entitled The Great Union Stock Yards of Chicago. The largest live stock mart in the world. The Union Stock Yard & Transit Company was the meatpacking... more
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Entitled "The Great Union Stock Yards of Chicago. The largest live stock mart in the world." The Union Stock Yard & Transit Company was the meatpacking district in Chicago. The district was operated by a group of railroad companies that acquired swampland and turned it into a centralized processing area. Construction began in June 1865 with an opening on Christmas Day in 1865. By the 1890s, the railroad money behind the Union Stockyards was Vanderbilt money. The Union Stockyards became known as "hog butcher for the world" and the center of the American meatpacking industry for decades. The stockyards have become an integral part of the popular culture of Chicago's history. From the Civil War until the 1920s and peaking in 1924, more meat was processed in Chicago than in any other place in the world. The Yards closed at midnight on Friday, July 30, 1971, after several decades of decline during the decentralization of the meatpacking industry. The Union Stock Yard Gate was designated a C...
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